Russian naval costume from Peter the Great to Elizabeth Petrovna
39.99 €
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Russian naval costume from Peter the Great to Elizabeth Petrovna
39.99 €
A GREAT GIFT FOR ALL LOVERS OF UNIFORMS AND MILITARY HISTORY! This richly illustrated book is the most detailed study devoted to naval costume from the creation of the Russian fleet by Peter the Great to the Seven Years' War and the introduction of uniform regulations under Catherine the Great. Kirill Nazarenko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University, based on a huge array of archival documents, reconstructs in detail all items of uniforms and clothing of all categories of officials of the maritime department: officers, sailors, laborers, convicts, rowers, court sailors and midshipmen. The sailor's uniform in Russia appeared under Peter the Great, and the Russian Empire was the first among all the powers of Europe to regulate the uniform of the navy. In 1735, under Empress Anna Ioannovna, for the first time in the world, a uniform suit for naval officers was introduced, which had all the features of a modern uniform - it was uniform and allowed to distinguish the ranks of its wearers. At the same time, even in the "Lord of the Seas" of Great Britain, the uniform of Royal Navy officers was regulated in the middle of the XVIII century, and that of sailors and non-commissioned officers only in the XIX century. The book is illustrated with reproductions of paintings, engravings, drawings, photographs of authentic items of the first half of the 18th century from the collections of the State Hermitage Museum, the Central Naval Museum, the State Historical Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, many other museums, as well as private collections. Especially for this edition, honored artist of the Russian Federation Andrei Tron prepared a series of high-quality tablets-reconstructions of figures of Russian sailors in various variants of their costume.
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